- Nov 4 First nationally observed uniform election day in the United States, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
- Nov 15 William Vincent Wallace, conducts the premiere of his first opera, "Maritana" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, England
- Nov 29 The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour
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